The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have bought a property in Portugal, it has been claimed.
It comes almost two years after the couple were asked by the King to give up their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage.
The new home will give the Sussexes a base in Europe, enabling them to stay over whenever they make the transatlantic flight to visit friends or family.
It may also allow them to acquire a so-called Golden Visa, which allows visa-free access to the European Union’s Schengen area, the Daily Mail reported.
The couple spent several days in Portugal last September, when they are understood to have stayed with the Duke’s cousin, Princess Eugenie, 34, and her husband Jack Brooksbank, 38.
‘Mega-secret’ trips to Europe
The romantic three-night break came after they attended the Invictus Games in Germany and before heading back home to their children, Archie, now five, and Lilibet, three.
The couple were said to have flown from Dusseldorf to Lisbon before travelling an hour south to the coastal town of Melides, in the Alentejo region, in a “mega-secret” operation.
A source close to the Sussexes confirmed they had been to Portugal.
Princess Eugenie and Mr Brooksbank split their time between London and the CostaTerra Golf and Ocean Club in Melides where Mr Brooksbank works in marketing and sales at the resort in the Alentejo region
The Duke and Duchess have remained close to the couple, who have visited them at their home in Montecito, California. Like them, they have two young children, August, three, and Ernest, one.